Argentina - Mexico: prediction and bet for the World Cup 2022 in Qatar

We have prepared for you a prediction for the duel Argentina - Mexico in group "C" at the World Championship 2022 in Qatar. The Argentines sensationally lost to Saudi Arabia (1:2), and the Mexicans tied with Poland (0:0).

Argentina need to bounce back after defeat with Saudi Arabia

The Argentina national team is ranked 3rd in the FIFA rankings. The main question for the Argentines is whether they are recovering from such a defeat against Saudi Arabia. Obviously, it will be difficult for them psychologically, to come as a favorite and lose to one of the obvious outsiders. In that game, the Argentines dominated throughout the game and their performance is better in all respects. The Arabs were just lucky to score two goals with xG at 0.1, the Argentines had 2.1 xG, 14 shots on goal, 6 of them on target; 69% to 31% in ownership.

Argentina's top scorers are: Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martinez and Angel Di Maria. Of the assistants, Rodrigo De Paul and again Lautaro Martinez can be noted.

According to the statistics of the Argentina national team: 2.7 goals per match on average, scored in 10 out of 10 matches, conceded in 3 out of 10. Based on such statistics, one could hardly have predicted such a failure with Saudi Arabia, but the Argentines coped. I thought they had top defense and a cool offense. It turned out he was wrong.

The Mexican national team had a chance even to defeat Poland

The Mexican national team is ranked 13th in the FIFA rankings. In the first round, they tied with Poland (0:0), where they imposed a fight on the Poles, 0.8 xG against 1 for Poland, 60% to 40% in possession. Mexico definitely dominated the game with Poland, the Poles made only one shot on target.

Mexico qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in the North America region. Out of 14 matches they have 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. The ratio of goals scored and conceded is 17/8 (+9). The rivals were Canada, USA, Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, El Salvador and Honduras.

Some statistics on the Mexico national team: they scored in 6 out of 10 matches, conceded in 5 out of 10.

Mexico's top scorers are Alexic Vega and Raul Jimenez, and assistants are Hector Herrera and Jesus Corona.

Argentina - Mexico: bet on the match of the World Cup 2022 in Qatar

In general, it is not clear in what form the national teams will approach this match. Both Argentina and Mexico need a win, otherwise their chances of qualifying from the group could be lost.

I decided to take a little look at the head-to-head matches, Argentina hasn't lost to Mexico since 2004. At the 2010 World Cup, Argentina defeated Mexico 3-1. In the last 4 friendly games, Mexico has managed to score only two goals in one match.

The national teams of Argentina and Mexico know each other very well and should show a spectacular match. According to the performance of the team in this tournament, there is probably more confidence in the Mexicans, but the Argentines have high-class and top players in their roster who can make a difference. The main thing for them to move away from the defeat of the Arabs and concentrate on games with Mexico and Poland.

Of the interesting markets for the match Argentina - Mexico, I would note the following outcomes:

• Argentina to win at 1.53 (medium risk)
  
• Total on goals over 2 for 1.57
• Argentina individual total over 1.5 at 2.48

Prediction: Argentina will beat Mexico